Tourism is travel for recreational‚ leisure‚ or business purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure‚ business and other purposes".[1] Tourism has become a popular global leisure activity. After slowly recovering from the contraction resulting from the late-2000s recession‚ where tourism suffered a strong slowdown from the second half of 2008 through the
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Impact of Tourism: An Economic Analysis Executive Summary The main purpose of this report is to show the importance and the role of the indirect economic effects of tourism on growth and GDP‚ employment and foreign trade. Tourism’s role in the economy is often perceived as being limited to the hospitality industry (cafes‚ hotels and restaurants) and outbound and inbound travel agencies and carriers‚ which form the leading service sector in many countries. However‚ the economic impact of tourism is much
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What is Tourism? Tourism includes several social practices. All these have the small common characteristic that they are different and they are a ’departure ’ from normal life. These characteristics help us to define tourism‚ which according to the W.T.O (World Trade Organization) is the movement of people away from their normal routine of residence and work for a period of not less than 24 hours and not more than 1 year. Tourism is a free time activity because it gets along with its opposite
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TOURISMOS: AN INTERNATIONAL MULTIDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL OF TOURISM Volume 6‚ Number 2‚ Autumn 2011‚ pp. 139-158 UDC: 338.48+640(050) ECONOMIC POTENTIAL OF TOURISM: A CASE STUDY OF AGRA Surabhi Srivastava University of Lucknow Tourism in its broadest generic sense can do more to develop understanding among the people‚ provide jobs‚ create foreign exchange and raise living standards than any other economic force. India is world famous for the city of Taj -Agra. There are a number of other tourists
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Readymade Speeches‚ Expressions and Letters for the Students Compère (anchoring)___________________________________________________________________ Compère (anchor) plays a vital role in making an event successful. An anchor of the event canradiate energy by being lively‚ by using the right tone and modulation‚ by using impressiveexpressions‚ by using the right body language‚ by dressing sensibly etc. Here are some tips given forthe anchors: Tips for the Anchors: 1.Some Anchors tend to give importance
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culture‚ Malacca has a huge achievement in year 2008 – Malacca has been declared as UNESCO World Heritage Site together of Georgetown‚ Penang‚ Malaysia. The declaration has brought a big impact to Malacca in term of tourism where the tourist flow into Malacca has been increased. The tourism attractions of Malacca included Al Azim Mosque‚ Portuguese Square‚ A’Famosa Water World‚ Crocodile Farm‚ St Paul’s Church‚ Poh San Teng Remple and Perigi Rajah Well and more. (http://www.malaccaguide.com)
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Problem Statement The growth and development of tourism in Trinidad from 2002–2007 and its effects on the economy and society. Statement of the Problem Tourism plays a major role in the growth and development of Trinidad. Many initiatives have been put in place to expand the industry. The government of Trinidad is committed to establishing and implementing standards of development and maintenance for the tourism industry. They try to maintain all the tourist attractions such as beaches and museums
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HOëRSKOOL “Life is not a problem to be solved‚ but a reality to be experienced” NAME: KGWATALALA THABANG SUBJECT: TOURISM STUDENT NO: 1152 GRADE: 11(KEY 6) TOPIC: CONFERENCE TOURISM YEAR: 2014 1.1 Introduction Gauteng is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. It was formed from part of the old Transvaal Province after South Africa’s first all-race elections on 27 April 1994. It was initially named Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vereeniging (PWV) and was renamed "Gauteng"
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Hospitality Management 18 (1999) 331}343 Life and tourism in the year 2050 Abraham Pizam* Department of Hospitality Management‚ University of Central Florida‚ P.O. Box 161400‚ Orlando‚ FL 32816-1400‚ USA Abstract This article is an essay that represents the author ’s personal vision of life and the state of the tourism industry in the year 2050. It describes the major expected developments in the areas of environment‚ demographics‚ economy and business‚ lifestyle and values‚ politics‚ housing
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financially from tourism. However‚ tourism in LEDCs needs to be carefully managed to prevent harm to the environment and disruption to local communities. Economic effects First and foremost‚ money travelling into countries through tourism can lead to the establishment of some morally questionable activity. To name a few‚ tourist hotspots in developing countries are often rife with theft problems‚ maimed beggars and prostitution. The inflaming of these issues as a result of increased tourism is an obvious
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